- “Kishida Cabinet Ministers, Etc., Directory” Oct. 4, 2021–Cabinet Office
- “Growth and Distribution” in new capitalism: benefits for non-regular workers and families with children–general policy speech
- “Inspection and Study Manual for Eliminating Unreasonable Disparity in Treatment: Following the Part-Time and Limited-Term Workers Act”–MHWL
- “Inspection and Study Manual for Eliminating Unreasonable Disparity in Treatment: Following the Amended Worker Dispatch Act”–MHWL
- Lower house dissolved; election announced Oct. 19, to take place Oct. 31. Election campaigns begin
- Public school teachers’ overtime lawsuit: plaintiffs’ claims rejected, but ruling “ground-breaking and progressive in contents”
- Two teachers at Kadokawa Dowango Gakuen go on strike, seeking improvements in environment at “N High School”
- Unfair labor practice at JR Group company
- Work in hostess bar is as a worker, not a “contractor”: settlement grants de facto overtime pay
- Labor Commission orders employment of after-school teachers: “Dormy Inn” parent company
- Agreement on international minimum rate of 15% for corporate tax, aimed to be introduced in 2023
- IMF revises world economic growth prediction downward, U.S. by 1 whole point
- And more!
(Translated from Japanese)